French Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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couverture n. Each week, Siegel and his five full-time employees use more than 1,000 pounds of couverture, the term for professional-grade chocolate. Siegel is a perfectionist. His aim is no less than “to produce the world’s finest chocolates.” The house chocolate, a 65 percent bittersweet, is made by blending couverture from several chocolate manufacturers. [English French Food & Drink Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2006)

eau clair n. Voeckler rhymes with eau clair, the slang for riding without drugs, and the yellow jersey holder has made no bones about his opposition to doping. [French Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 14, 2004)

fais do-do n. Despite the album’s throwback ethos, the boys in the band keep things hopping—“fais-do-do-ing,” in New Orleans parlance. [Lousiana English French French-based Creole] [full cite] (Dec. 13, 2004)

fleche n. On Sunday, May 21, community bike clubs will sponsor the first annual Southeast Iowa Regional Bicycle Fleche to Geode State Park, near Danville. Fleche is a French term for a bike ride that starts from three different locations with the same destination. [French Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 6, 2006)

fooding n. One of my favorite bits of franglais is the word le fooding. The meaning of this contraction of “food” and “feeling” is slippery, but it relates to a trend of fresh, original cooking that’s taking hold in France. [English-derived French France Food & Drink] [full cite] (Aug. 25, 2004)

fooding n. O. P. A. Ni tout à fait club ni vraiment resto, un bon spécimen du « Fooding » que ce loft arbitrant « groove », bar et nourritures mouvance à un public « glamorama ». [English-derived French France Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2004)

fooding n. Le fooding veut marier food (nourriture) et feeling (sentiment): soit l’art d’ingérer des nourritures terrestres avec spiritualité sur un fond musical planant. [English-derived French France Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2004)

fooding n. Go “fooding.” No, it’s not a typo, but a new Parisian word to describe the concept of food as a fashion lifestyle choice. Le fooding is as much about the ambience and style of the restaurant as the food on your plate. [English-derived French France Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2004)

fooding n. It was difficult to gauge whether this microcosm of ultra-modern Japanese fooding—as the French call the combination of eating and lifestyle—will give the area a different buzz, magnifying the quiet hum already emanating from the Spanish Fino. [English-derived French France Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2004)

frottoir n. Zydeco, like Simien, is a native of the southwest region of Louisiana. It’s the music of the prairies and swamps. The primary instruments are the accordion and the frottoir, which is a rubboard. [ Language English French Subject Music] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2005)

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